Meetings Overview

By Jaron Pate

Last Updated October 27th, 2025

An Edlink Meeting represents an event for which attendance can be taken.

A meeting can either represent a district-level meeting (i.e., attendance for a school day) or a class-level meeting (i.e., attendance for a specific class session). This is indicated by the type property of the Meeting object, which can be either day or period.

Class-level meetings will have a class_id property set to indicate which class the meeting is associated with.

Additionally, class meetings may have a period_id to indicate the specific period for the relevant class on that day.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	The UUID for the object. $filter operators: `equals` `in` `not in`
`created_date`	`Date`	When the object was first seen by Edlink.
`updated_date`	`Date`	When the object was last changed in Edlink. $filter operators: `equals` `gt` `lt` `gte` `lte`
`type`	`string`	The type of meeting that we're taking attendance for. This is either `day` or `period`.
`properties`	`object`	Non-standard properties that may be of interest to the developer.
`identifiers`	`Identifier[]`	Additional IDs associated with the object.
`class_id`	`string`	The UUID of the associated Class. Only set when `type` = `period`.
`day_id`	`Day`	The calendar day associated on which the meeting takes place.
`period_id`	`Period`	The period for which this meeting took place. Only set when `type` = `period`.

Notes

If type is day, then period_id and class_id will be null.
If type is period, then class_id will be set.
- In this case, period_id is optional and depends on the system.
- Period-level attendance may be taken more than once per day, so period_id is used to distinguish between them.

JSON Example

{
    "id": "4cb963bf-d5cb-47c6-a3a5-1ddc28c65a71",
    "created_date": "2024-08-01T13:23:04.725Z",
    "updated_date": "2024-08-01T13:23:04.725Z",
    "class_id": null,
    "day_id": "ecfee75e-a1e6-405a-80a8-1c5692b94045",
    "period_id": null,
    "type": "day",
    "properties": {},
    "identifiers": []
}

Supported Providers

Provider	Support
aeries	✅
blackbaud	✅
edfi	✅
powerschool	✅
skyward	✅
veracross	✅